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Attributive Definition

attributive

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Adjective

attributive (comparative more attributive, superlative most attributive)

  1. (grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun.
    In "this big house", "big" is attributive, whereas in "this house is big", it is predicative.
  2. Having the nature of an attribute.

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Wikipedia attributive (plural attributives)

  1. (grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative.
    In "this big house," "big" is an attributive, while in "this house is big," it is a predicative.
    In "this tiger is a man-eater," "man" is an attributive noun.

Translations

a word or phrase that modifies a noun and is part of the noun's noun phrase
  • Finnish: attributiivi (fi)
  • French: épithète (fr) m.

Italian

Adjective

attributive f.

  1. feminine plural form of attributivo

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